Shakespeare Poetry

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?

Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

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• ABAB

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What comparison is the speaker making to his lover?

Sonnet 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

• She is like winter

• She is like summer

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CCSS.RL.8.10

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is different about summer and the speaker's lover?

Sonnet 18

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimmed;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade.

• Summer is eternal unlike his lover

• His lover's beauty is eternal unlike summer

• Nature direct's both the lover and summer

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What does "households both alike in dignity" mean?

Prologue

Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

• Both families share the same class

• Both houses were built by masons

• Both families wear the same designer Gucci clothes

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Where does the story take place?

Prologue

Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

• Verona, Italy

• London, England

• Mantua, Italy

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

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What is the conflict between the two families?

Prologue

Two households, both alike in dignity,

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

• One of their ancestors dishonored their family at a mask party

• An old grudge that keeps coming up

• Romeo and Juliet started the conflict

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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Where do Romeo and Juliet come from?

Prologue

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

• From the same family

• From the stars

• From two opposing families

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What does star-crossed lovers mean?

Prologue

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

• They were destined to be together

• They were destined to die

• Their relationship was heavenly

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According to the prologue, what is supposed to be the result of the death of Romeo and Juliet?

Prologue

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;

Whose misadventured piteous overthrows

Do with their death bury their parents' strife.

• Their deaths will result in the end of family conflict

• Their deaths will continue the family feud

• Romeo and Juliet will defy the stars and be together

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How Long is Romeo and Juliet?

• 1 hour

• 2 hours

• 3 hours

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

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